clú

• cliú

From Old Irish clú (“fame”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *klowos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos.

• IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠuː/, /klˠuː/^[2]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /clʲuː/^[3] (corresponding to the alternative form cliú)

clú m (genitive singular clú)

1. honour (favourable reputation)
2. praise (commendation)
3. fame (state of being famous), renown

   Synonym: alladh

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clú	chlú	gclú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Proto-Celtic *klowos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos.

• IPA^(key): /kluː/

clú n (genitive clúe)

1. fame (state of being famous)

Neuter s-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	clúN	clúN	clúeL
Vocative	clúN	clúN	clúeL
Accusative	clúN	clúN	clúeL
Genitive	clúeL	clúe	clúeN
Dative	clúL	clúib	clúib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: clú
• Scottish Gaelic: cliù

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
clú	chlú	clú pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 clú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language